University of Wyoming. Dept.of Animal Science records 1874-1982

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University of Wyoming. Dept.of Animal Science records 1874-1982

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This collection consistsmostly of materials relating to Robert Burns and his work at the University ofWyoming Department of Animal Science while heading the Wool Department. Thiscollection of records, including photographs, newsclippings, and scrapbooks,not only gives a descriptive history Robert Burns, but also gives an extensivehistory of the Animal Department and Wool Department years after hisretirement.

7.37 cubic ft.(16 boxes)

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Wyoming Wool Growers Association

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The Wyoming Wool Growers Association was founded in 1905 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with the purpose of promoting the sheep industry in Wyoming. From the description of Wyoming Wool Growers Association records, 1918-1955. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 27965721 From the guide to the Wyoming Wool Growers Association records, 1918-1955, (Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.) ...

Ritch, William Thomson.

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Burns, Robert H. (Robert Homer), 1900-1973

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Wyoming native; head of the Wool Dept., University of Wyoming, Laramie. From the description of Papers, 1950, 1961. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13738611 Robert H. Burns was born August 23, 1900 on the Flag Ranch nine miles south of Laramie. He attended the University of Wyoming from 1916-1920 and then obtained his M.A. from Iowa State in 1921 and his Ph.D. in 1931 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He began teaching at the University of Wyoming in 1924 and...

University of Wyoming. Dept. of Animal Science.

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The University of Wyoming College of Agriculture began study and research of sheep and wool in 1907 after passage of the Adams Act, which provided funding for land grant universities for sheep and wool studies. UW purchased the recently vacated Wyoming Territorial Prison and remodeled it for livestock work. The college established the Animal Husbandry Department in 1911, which was subsequently renamed Animal Production in 1934, the Animal Science Division in 1961, and the Animal Science Departme...

American Wool Improvement Association.

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